antihemophilic human plasma

plasma /plas·ma/ (plaz´mah)

1. blood plasma; the fluid portion of the blood in which the particulate components are suspended.

2. the fluid portion of the lymph.plasmat´ic

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antihemophilic human plasma  human plasma which has been processed promptly to preserve the antihemophilic properties of the original blood; used for temporary correction of bleeding tendency in hemophilia.

blood plasma  plasma (1).

citrated plasma  blood plasma treated with sodium citrate, which prevents clotting.

seminal plasma  the fluid portion of the semen, in which the spermatozoa are suspended.

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antihemophilic human plasma

n.

Normal human plasma in which the labile antihemophilic globulin component has been preserved, used to temporarily relieve dysfunction of the hemostatic mechanism in hemophilia.